CrescentWhy your birth TIME changes almost everything
Four minutes moves your ascendant by a degree. A couple of hours moves your entire house structure.
Does birth time really matter in astrology?
More than the date does. People usually ask hoping the answer is no, because they cannot find theirs.
The planets barely move in an hour. The ascendant moves a degree every four minutes.
What does birth time actually change?
- Your rising sign, which changes completely every two hours
- Every house placement, so every planet changes department
- Every house ruler, so the planet running your career changes
- Your Vedic dasha timeline, calculated from the Moon's exact degree
Two people born the same day two hours apart have every planet in a different house. That is a different chart, not a variation on one.
What if I do not know my birth time?
You still get a real reading, just a smaller one. Every planet's sign holds, and so does every aspect between planets.
What you lose is the ascendant, the houses, and any timing that depends on them.
Cast it with the time you have
Crescent flags a chart as approximate when the time is unknown, rather than quietly pretending the houses are real.
Cast your free birth chartWhere do I find my birth time?
Birth certificates record it in many countries, and hospital records often do. Ask whoever was there.
Take an approximate time over no time, but write down that it is approximate, so nobody later reads houses off a guess.